The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) has unveiled its highly anticipated grant calendar for 2024. The calendar provides details on expected grant openings throughout the year, subject to potential changes. Notably, grants for the first quarter of 2024 are anticipated to open in February or March, rather than January.
Open Grants
Although the list above highlights upcoming MRFF grants, we also want to inform you about a range of currently open grants. As of February 2024, the following grant opportunities are available. It’s crucial to acknowledge that for many of these grants, there are minimum data due dates preceding the application closing date.
| Proposed grant opportunity title | Anticipated opening | Funding available from (FY) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles | 2024-Q1 | 2024-25 |
| 2024 Enhancing Medical Device Surveillance Through Registries [Health Technology Assessment] | 2024-Q1 | 2024-25 |
| 2024 International Clinical Trial Collaborations | 2024-Q1 | 2024-25 |
| 2024 Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care | 2024-Q1 | 2024-25 |
| 2024 Stem Cell Therapies | 2024-Q1 | 2024-25 |
| 2024 Mental Health Research | 2024-Q1 | 2024-25 |
| 2024 Genomics Health Futures | 2024-Q2 | 2024-25 |
| 2024 Australian Brain Cancer | 2024-Q3 | 2024-25 |
| 2024 Research Data Infrastructure | 2024-Q3 | 2024-25 |
| 2024 Traumatic Brain Injury | 2024-Q3 | 2024-25 |
| 2024 Clinical Trials Activity | 2024-Q3 | 2024-26 |
Available Grant Opportunities
Although the list above highlights upcoming MRFF grants, we also want to inform you about a range of currently open grants. As of February 2024, the following grant opportunities are available. It’s crucial to acknowledge that for many of these grants, there are minimum data due dates preceding the application closing date.
| Grant opportunity | Applications Close |
|---|---|
| 2024 Cardiovascular Health | 31-Jul-24 |
| 2024 Early to Mid-Career Researchers | 24-Jul-24 |
| 2024 Indigenous Health Research | 24-Jul-24 |
| 2024 Survivorship Care and Collaborative Research Prioritisation | 31-Jul-24 |
| 2024 Paediatric Brain Cancer Research | 19-Jun-24 |
| 2023 Targeted Translation Research Accelerator – CVD and Diabetes Mechanisms | 21-Feb-24 |
| 2023 Targeted Translation Research Accelerator – CVD and Diabetes Drugs and Devices | 21-Feb-24 |
| 2023 Clinical Trials Activity | 29-May-24 |
| 2023 Multidisciplinary Models of Primary Care (Streams 1, 2 and 3) | 10-Apr-24 |
| 2023 Childhood Mental Health Research | 27-Mar-24 |
| 2023 Optimising Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea | 14-Feb-24 |
| 2023 Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (Stream 4 Stage 2) | 30-Apr-25 |
| 2023 Indigenous Health Research | 6-Mar-24 |
| 2022 Frontier Health and Medical Research | 31 Mar 26 (expected) |
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